Holly took a moment to catch her breath and continue looking for an escape when Mandy caught her attention.
“Look out!”Holly’s head whipped around to where her sister was looking, and she saw a cape wielding huge chains coming towards them, obviously hostile. Her heart jumped as the woman leapt into the air, and she reflexively raised the car door she had been using as a shield, hoping it would be strong enough to withstand the attack.
Mandy, just as panicked, shouted,
“What are you doing?! We don’t have anything to do with this!!”A powerful explosion made both girls scream. Holly, still holding the door in the air, tried to shield her sister as best as she could, trying to focus on making any shrapnel that came close stop in the air.
In the back of her mind, Holly thought that it was a miracle that she hadn’t started crying and hyperventilating yet. It usually took way less than this to send her spiraling. Now, though, she was focused, aware,
confident.
Must be the adrenaline.She looked off to the side and saw someone who wasn’t there before. He looked too… serene. Almost
excited. It was unsettling.